SRI LANKA (CEYLON), Native coinages. Period of the Chola Invasion. Circa 990-1070. AV Aka – Eighth Kahavanu (11mm, 0.53 g, 3h). Vishnu standing right, holding flower; altar in right field / Legend below conch shell. Mitchiner, Non-Islamic 828; Friedberg 4. Good VF.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, March 1982.